Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: William RUSSELL, Lord Russell of Thronhaugh
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1558 ^b
Death: 9 Aug 1613 in Northall, Bucks ^d
Burial: Thornhaugh ^u

Parents:

Father:
Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford Birth: 1527 Death: 28 Jul 1585 in Russell House, Strand, Middlesex

Mother:

Margaret St JOHN Death: 27 Aug 1562 in Woburn, Bedfordshire

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth LONG on 18 Feb 1584/5 at Watford .^m1
Elizabeth LONG Death: 12 Jun 1611

Children:

Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford Birth: Abt 1587 Death: 9 May 1641

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1558, fourth and youngest son [Ref: CP XI p239]; fourth son [Ref: CP II p78],
parents:: [Ref: CP II p78, CP XI p239, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP XI p240]; abt 9 Aug 1613 [Ref: CP II p78],
place:: [Ref: CP XI p240]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CP XI p240]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth LONG

date:: [Ref: CP II p78 (with corr in XIV p80)]; lic 13 Feb 1584/5 [Ref: CP XI p240],
place:: [Ref: CP II p78 (with corr in XIV p80), CP XI p240],
child:: [Ref: CP II p78, CP XI p240]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

names:: Francis RUSSELL (#225845) & Elizabeth LONG [Ref: CP II p18],
child:: Elizabeth RUSSELL (#238040) [Ref: CP II p18]

Research Notes:
1st Lord Russell of Thornhaugh, of Barony cr 1603 [Ref: CP XI p239]
Lord Russell of Thornhaugh [Ref: CP II p78, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

Knt [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

Pedigree of William RUSSELL, Lord Russell of Thronhaugh
                                     /-----John RUSSELL
                            /-----Sir John RUSSELL
                           |        |         /-----John HERING
                           |         \-----Elizabeth HERING
                   /-----James RUSSELL
                  |        |         /-----John FROXMERE
                  |         \-----Elizabeth FROXMERE
          /-----John RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
         |        |         /-----John WYSE
         |         \-----Alice WYSE
/-----Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
|        |         /-----Sir Guy SAPCOTE
|         \-----Anne SAPCOTE
|                 |         /-----Sir Guy WOLSTON
|                  \-----Margaret WOLSTON
William RUSSELL, Lord Russell of Thronhaugh
|                                                               /-----Oliver De St JOHN
|                                                      /-----John De St JOHN
|                                                     |         \-----Elizabeth De LUCCOMBE
|                                             /-----Sir John De St JOHN
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir John De La Bere
|                                            |         \-----Elizabeth
|                                            |                  \-----Agnes De TURBERVILLE
|                                    /-----Sir Oliver St JOHN
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir John De PAVELEY
|                                   |         \-----Isabel De PAVELEY
|                           /-----Sir John St JOHN
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Roger De BEAUCHAMP
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Roger De BEAUCHAMP
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Joan CLOPTON
|                          |        |         /-----Sir John De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Beauchamp Of Bletsoe
|                          |        |        |         \-----Mary
|                          |         \-----Margaret De BEAUCHAMP
|                          |                 |                  /-----William De STOURTON
|                          |                 |         /-----John De STOURTON
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Joan
|                          |                  \-----Edith STOURTON
|                          |                           \-----Alice
|                  /-----Sir John St JOHN
|                 |        |         /-----Thomas BRADSHAW
|                 |         \-----Alice BRADSHAW
|         /-----Sir John St JOHN
|        |        |         /-----Morgan AP JENKYN AP PHILIP
|        |         \-----Sybil Ferch Morgan
|        |                 |         /-----Dafydd MATTHEW
|        |                  \-----Margred MATTHEW
\-----Margaret St JOHN
         |                                             /-----Sir Richard WALDEGRAVE
         |                                    /-----Sir Richard WALDEGRAVE
         |                                   |        |         /-----Robert SILVESTER
         |                                   |         \-----Joan SILVESTER
         |                           /-----Sir William WALDEGRAVE
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas De MUNCHENSY
         |                          |        |         /-----Thomas De MUNCHENSY
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Joyce
         |                          |         \-----Joan De MUNCHENSY
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Edmund VAUNCY
         |                          |                  \-----Joan VAUNCY
         |                          |                           \-----(Unk) CREKE
         |                  /-----Sir Thomas WALDEGRAVE
         |                 |        |         /-----John DOREWARD
         |                 |         \-----Joan DOREWARD
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Walter WOLCOT
         |                 |                  \-----Katherine WOLCOT
         |         /-----Sir William WALDEGRAVE, K.B.
         |        |        |         /-----Sir John FRAY
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth FRAY
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DANVERS
         |        |                  \-----Agnes DANVERS
         |        |                          |         /-----William VERNEY
         |        |                           \-----Alice VERNEY
          \-----Margaret WALDEGRAVE
                  |                                             /-----John WENTWORTH
                  |                                    /-----John WENTWORTH
                  |                                   |         \-----Jane De TYES
                  |                           /-----John WENTWORTH
                  |                          |        |         /-----Roger BISSETT
                  |                          |         \-----Alice BISSETT
                  |                  /-----Sir Roger WENTWORTH
                  |                 |        |         /-----John DRONSFIELD
                  |                 |         \-----Agnes DRONSFIELD
                  |                 |                 |         /-----John De STAINTON
                  |                 |                  \-----Joan De STAINTON
                  |                 |                           \-----Joanna CLARELL
                  |         /-----Henry WENTWORTH
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir Philip Le DESPENSER
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir Philip Le DESPENSER, Lord Despenser
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan De COBHAM
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir Philip Le DESPENSER, Lord Despenser
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
                  |        |         \-----Margery DESPENSER, Baroness Despenser
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John TYBOTOT, Lord Tybotot
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir Robert De TIBETOT, Lord Tibetot
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret De BADLESMERE
                  |        |                  \-----Elizabeth De TIBETOT
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir William DEINCOURT, Lord Deincourt
                  |        |                           \-----Margaret DEINCOURT
                  |        |                                    \-----Milicent La ZOUCHE
                   \-----Margery WENTWORTH
                           |                                    /-----Sir John HOWARD
                           |                           /-----Sir Robert HOWARD
                           |                          |         \-----Alice De BOYS
                           |                  /-----Sir John HOWARD
                           |                 |        |         /-----Robert De SCALES, Lord Scales
                           |                 |         \-----Margaret De SCALES
                           |                 |                  \-----Catherine De UFFORD
                           |         /-----Henry HOWARD
                           |        |        |                  /-----Sir William TENDRING
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir William TENDRING
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret De KERDESTON
                           |        |         \-----Alice TENDRING
                           |        |                 |         /-----William De MYLDE
                           |        |                  \-----Catherine De MYLDE
                            \-----Elizabeth HOWARD
                                    |         /-----Sir Henry HUSSEY
                                     \-----Mary HUSSEY

Descendants of William RUSSELL, Lord Russell of Thronhaugh

1. William RUSSELL, Lord Russell of Thronhaugh m. Elizabeth LONG

m. Elizabeth LONG father: Henry LONG mother: Dorothy CLARKE

2+ Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford m. Catharine BRYDGES

2nd generation

2. Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford m. Catharine BRYDGES

m. Catharine BRYDGES father: Giles BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley mother: Frances CLINTON

3+ Anne RUSSELL m. George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol

4+ Catharine RUSSELL m. Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou

5 Margaret RUSSELL m1. James HAY, Earl of Carlisle m2. Edward MONTAGU, Earl Of Manchester; Edward MONTAGU, Earl Of Manchester father: Henry MONTAGU, Earl Of Manchester mother: Catherine SPENCER

6+ Diana RUSSELL m. Francis NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford

7+ William RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Anne CARR

3rd generation

3. Anne RUSSELL m. George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol

m. George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol father: John DIGBY, Earl of Bristol mother: Beatrice WALCOTT

8+ Anne DIGBY m. Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland

9 John DIGBY, Earl of Bristol

4. Catharine RUSSELL m. Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou

m. Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou father: Fulke GREVILLE mother: Margaret COPLEY

10 Francis GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou

11+ Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou m. Ann DODDINGTON

12+ Fulke GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou m. Sarah DASHWOOD

6. Diana RUSSELL m. Francis NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford

m. Francis NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford father: Richard NEWPORT, Lord Newport mother: Rachael LEVESON

13+ Diana NEWPORT m. Thomas HOWARD

14+ Richard NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford m. Mary WILBRAHAM

7. William RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Anne CARR

m. Anne CARR father: Sir Robert KER, Earl of Somerset mother: Frances HOWARD

15 Diana RUSSELL m. William ALINGTON, Lord Alington; William ALINGTON, Lord Alington father: William ALINGTON, Lord Alington mother: Elizabeth TELLEMACHE

16 Francis RUSSELL, Lord Russell

17+ William RUSSELL, Lord Russell m. Rachel WRIOTHESLEY

4th generation

8. Anne DIGBY m. Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland

m. Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland father: Henry SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland mother: Dorothy SIDNEY

18 Robert SPENCER

19+ Charles SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland m1. Arabel CAVENDISH m2. Anne CHURCHILL m3. Judith TICHBORNE

20 Henry SPENCER

21 Anne SPENCER m. James HAMMILTON, Duke of Hamilton

22 Elizabeth SPENCER m. Donnagh MACCARTY, Earl of Clancarty

23 Isabella SPENCER

24 Mary SPENCER

11. Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou m. Ann DODDINGTON

m. Ann DODDINGTON father: John DODDINGTON

25 Anne GREVILLE m1. William PIERREPONT, Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull m2. William PIERREPONT

26+ Doddington GREVILLE m. Charles MONTAGU, Duke Of Manchester

12. Fulke GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou m. Sarah DASHWOOD

m. Sarah DASHWOOD father: Francis DASHWOOD mother: Alice SLEIGH

27+ Katherine GREVILLE m1. Wriothesley Baptist NOEL, Earl of Gainsborough m2. John SHEFFIELD, Duke of Buckingham

28 Elizabeth GREVILLE m. Francis NORTH, Lord Guilford; Francis NORTH, Lord Guilford father: Francis NORTH, Lord Guilford mother: Frances POPE

13. Diana NEWPORT m. Thomas HOWARD

m. Thomas HOWARD

29+ Diana HOWARD m. Edward WARD, Lord Ward

14. Richard NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford m. Mary WILBRAHAM

m. Mary WILBRAHAM father: Sir Thomas WILBRAHAM mother: Elizabeth MITTON

30 Henry NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford

31 Thomas NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford

32+ Anne NEWPORT m. Sir Orlando BRIDGEMAN

17. William RUSSELL, Lord Russell m. Rachel WRIOTHESLEY

m. Rachel WRIOTHESLEY father: Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton mother: Rachel De MASSUE

33+ Rachel RUSSELL m. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire

34+ Catherine RUSSELL m. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland

35+ Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Elizabeth HOWLAND

5th generation

19. Charles SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland m1. Arabel CAVENDISH m2. Anne CHURCHILL m3. Judith TICHBORNE

m. Arabel CAVENDISH father: Henry CAVENDISH, Duke of Newcastle mother: Frances PIERREPONT

36 Frances SPENCER m. Henry HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle; Henry HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle father: Charles HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle mother: Anne CAPELL

m. Anne CHURCHILL father: John CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough mother: Sarah JENNINGS

37 Anne SPENCER m. William BATEMAN

38 Diana SPENCER m. John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford; John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford father: Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford mother: Elizabeth HOWLAND

39 Robert SPENCER

40 Robert SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland

41+ Charles SPENCER, K.G., Duke of Marlborough m. Elizabeth TREVOR

42+ John SPENCER m. Georgiana Caroline CARTERET

m. Judith TICHBORNE father: Benjamin TICHBORNE mother: Elizabeth GIBBS

26. Doddington GREVILLE m. Charles MONTAGU, Duke Of Manchester

m. Charles MONTAGU, Duke Of Manchester father: Robert MONTAGU, Earl Of Manchester mother: Anne YELVERTON

43+ Charlotte MONTAGU m. Pattee BYNG, Viscount Torrington

44+ Robert MONTAGU, Duke Of Manchester m. Harriet DUNCH

27. Katherine GREVILLE m1. Wriothesley Baptist NOEL, Earl of Gainsborough m2. John SHEFFIELD, Duke of Buckingham

m. Wriothesley Baptist NOEL, Earl of Gainsborough father: Edward NOEL, Earl of Gainsborough mother: Elizabeth WRIOTHESLEY

45 Rachel NOEL m. Henry SOMERSET, Duke of Beaufort; Henry SOMERSET, Duke of Beaufort father: Charles SOMERSET mother: Rebecca CHILD

46+ Elizabeth NOEL m. Henry BENTINCK, Duke of Portland

m. John SHEFFIELD, Duke of Buckingham father: Edmund SHEFFIELD, Earl of Mulgrave mother: Elizabeth CRANFIELD

29. Diana HOWARD m. Edward WARD, Lord Ward

m. Edward WARD, Lord Ward father: William WARD mother: Frances DILKE

47 Edward WARD, Lord Ward

32. Anne NEWPORT m. Sir Orlando BRIDGEMAN

m. Sir Orlando BRIDGEMAN

48+ Henry BRIDGEMAN m. Elizabeth SIMPSON

33. Rachel RUSSELL m. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire

m. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire father: William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire mother: Mary BUTLER

49+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Catherine HOSKINS

34. Catherine RUSSELL m. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland

m. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland father: John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland mother: Catherine NOEL

50+ Elizabeth MANNERS m. John MONCKTON, Viscount Galway

51+ John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland m. Bridget SUTTON

35. Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Elizabeth HOWLAND

m. Elizabeth HOWLAND father: John HOWLAND mother: Elizabeth CHILD

52 William RUSSELL, Marquess of Tavistock

53 William RUSSELL, Marquess of Tavistock

54 Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Anne EGERTON; Anne EGERTON father: Scroope EGERTON, Duke Of Bridgwater mother: Elizabeth CHURCHILL

55+ John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m1. Diana SPENCER m2. Gertrude LEVESON-GOWER